I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do.

Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.

If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash.

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.

Rather then focusing on the obstacle in your path, focus on the bridge over the obstacle.

A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.

Erase the word "failure" from your vocabulary. No case is ever truly closed, and no challenge is ever over.

Even though it may seem counterintuitive, a comfort zone is a dangerous place to be.

As much time as you put into it, that's what your achievements are going to be when you come out of it.

God presents the Sabbath rest as a shelter we can enter. (Hebrews 4:1-11)

Anger... agony... so familiar emotions.

London: A place you go to get bronchitis.

A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image.

If you can eat 70 percent raw or introduce raw into your diet, it will help your health.

Gender is not something that one is, it is something one does, an act… a doing rather than a being.

All pioneers are considered to be afflicted with moonstruck madness.

My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldn't visualize myself as an art teacher, thinking how it wouldn't work.

We're all trying to decide whether your scores up there are a miracle or a mistake." "A habit.

With the withering of the rose, and with each fallen petal, Allah is reminding us that everything here is passing away. He is reminding us that nothing in this world will remain, except for Allah.